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Etnográfica
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Ramírez, Ángeles
OTHER FEMINISMS? MUSLIM ASSOCIATIONS AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN
MOROCCO
Etnográfica, vol. 10, núm. 1, mayo, 2006, pp. 107-119
Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia
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OTHER FEMINISMS? MUSLIM
ASSOCIATIONS
AND WOMENS
PARTICIPATION
IN MOROCCO
Ángeles Ramírez
This article discusses some womens movements
in Morocco. Through the analysis of the positions
adopted by Islamic and Feminist groups about the
construction of womanhood in these groups, the
article tries to show that the dichotomous model
(Islamists against Feminists) oversimplifies the
explanation of these processes. Ethnography
makes possible other more nuanced approaches to
the topic.
KEYWORDS: womens movements, islamist
associations, feminism, Morocco.
This article is the result of an on-going investigation of womens movements
in Morocco that analyzes the gender models hidden behind the movements
Islamist and secular labels.1 I intend to carry out an analysis of womens
movements that claim to be feminist and bearers of specific changes for women
within a Muslim framework and to reposition them, if possible, within the
framework of Third World and Arab-Muslim feminisms. And I plan to do this
from an ethnographical basis, which avoids, at least in theory, distortions such
as the assumption that all non-European womens movements are culturally
authentic and, indeed, post-colonial feminisms.
My approach needs to come with a warning since the basis of this...